[codex] Cover stale post_parent semantic references#168
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## Release `v0.1.22` Version bump and release metadata update for `v0.1.22`. **Changelog draft:** * Document v0.1.21 release gate evidence ([#162](#162)) * Cover taxonomy menu reference validation ([#163](#163)) * Cover navigation block reference validation ([#164](#164)) * Cover media filesize drift validation ([#165](#165)) * Cover generated media filesize drift validation ([#166](#166)) * Cover missing media metadata validation ([#167](#167)) * Cover stale post_parent semantic references ([#168](#168)) * Cover stale term parent semantic references ([#169](#169)) * Cover stale post author semantic references ([#170](#170)) * Cover stale menu parent semantic references ([#171](#171)) * Cover stale usermeta semantic references ([#172](#172)) * Cover stale postmeta semantic references ([#173](#173)) * Cover stale termmeta semantic references ([#174](#174)) * Cover stale term taxonomy semantic references ([#175](#175)) **Full changelog:** v0.1.21...release/v0.1.22 ## Next steps 1. **Review** the changes in this pull request. 2. **Push** any additional edits to this branch (`release/v0.1.22`). 3. **Merge** this pull request to publish `v0.1.22`. Merging will automatically build ForkPress binaries, create a GitHub release, and update the Homebrew formula.
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What it does
Adds a focused WordPress semantic validator regression for
wp_posts.post_parentreferences. The fixture covers a source branch deleting a parent post while the target edits child page and attachment rows that still point at that parent.Rationale
post_parentis a WordPress object edge, not just a scalar column. A row-level merge can legally apply the parent delete and keep target child edits, but the merged state is incoherent unless a semantic validator reports the stale parent reference for review.Implementation
The new discovered validator scans child posts with
post_parent > 0, checks that the parent row still exists, and emitsplugin-wp-post-parent-missing-referencefindings with the child post ID, post type, field name, and missing parent ID. The test asserts that the parent delete remains staged, target child edits remain visible, and the audit output exposes both the page and attachment children.The merge reliability matrix now lists
post_parentreferences in the covered WordPress semantic validator evidence.Testing instructions